Society of St. Oliver Plunkett

24 September 2018

Low Mass: 30th September - Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday 30th September at 5pm
St. Patrick's Church,
College Rd., Kilkenny
Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

For many are called, but few are chosen.

Veneration of and blessing with 1st Class Relic of St. Thérèse of Lisieux directly after Mass

Low Mass: 23rd September - Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

18th Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday 23rd September at 5pm
St. Patrick's Church,
College Rd., Kilkenny
Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm
Tenth Sunday After Pentecost

11 July 2018

High Mass: 11th July - Feast of St. Oliver Plunkett

Feast of St. Oliver Plunkett
HIGH MASS WITH GREGORIAN CHANT
Wednesday 11th July at 7pm
St. Patrick's Church,
College Rd., Kilkenny

VENERATION OF 1ST CLASS RELIC OF ST. OLIVER PLUNKETT AFTER MASS WITH INDIVIDUAL BLESSINGS

08 July 2018

Low Mass: 8th July - Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday 8th July at 5pm
St. Patrick's Church,
College Rd., Kilkenny
Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

23 June 2018

Low Mass: 24th June - Nativity of John the Baptist

Nativity of John the Baptist
Sunday 24th June at 5pm
St. Patrick's Church,
College Rd., Kilkenny
Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

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17 June 2018

Low Mass: 17th June - Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday 17th June at 5pm
St. Patrick's Church,
College Rd., Kilkenny
Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

"Master, we have labored all the night, and have taken nothing,
but at Thy word I will let down the net."

09 June 2018

Low Mass: 10th June - Third Sunday after Pentecost

Third Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday 10th June at 5pm
St. Patrick's Church,
College Rd., Kilkenny
Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

27 May 2018

Low Mass: 27th May - Trinity Sunday

Trinity Sunday
Sunday 27th May
St. Patrick's Church,
College Rd., Kilkenny
Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost!

20 May 2018

Low Mass: 20th May - Pentecost Sunday

Pentecost Sunday
Sunday 20th May at 5pm
St. Patrick's Church,
College Rd., Kilkenny
Rosary at 4.30pm

29 April 2018

Low Mass: 29th April - Fourth Sunday after Easter

Fourth Sunday after Easter
Sunday 29th April at 5pm
St. Patrick's Church,
College Rd., Kilkenny
Rosary before Holy Mass at 5pm

Benedict XVI on the Litrugy

“The Church stands and falls with the Liturgy. When the adoration of the divine Trinity declines, when the faith no longer appears in its fullness in the Liturgy of the Church, when man’s words, his thoughts, his intentions are suffocating him, then faith will have lost the place where it is expressed and where it dwells. For that reason, the true celebration of the Sacred Liturgy is the centre of any renewal of the Church whatever.”

"The Holy Mass, celebrated in the respect of the liturgical norms and with a fitting appreciation of the richness of the signs and gestures, fosters and promotes the growth of Eucharistic faith. In the Eucharistic celebration we do not invent something, but we enter into a reality that precedes us, more than that, which embraces heaven and earth and, hence, also the past, the future and the present."

"This universal openness, this encounter with all the sons and daughters of God is the grandeur of the Eucharist: we go to meet the reality of God present in the body and blood of the Risen One among us. Hence, the liturgical prescriptions dictated by the Church are not external things, but express concretely this reality of the revelation of the body and blood of Christ and thus the prayer reveals the faith according to the ancient principle 'lex orandi – lex credendi."

"And because of this we can say "the best catechesis on the Eucharist is the Eucharist itself well celebrated" (Benedict XVI, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Sacramentum Caritatis," No. 64).
"It is necessary that in the liturgy the transcendent dimension emerge with clarity, that of the mystery, of the encounter with the Divine, which also illumines and elevates the "horizontal," that is the bond of communion and of solidarity that exists between all those who belong to the Church."

"In fact, when the latter prevails, the beauty, profundity and importance of the mystery celebrated is fully understood. Dear brothers in the priesthood, to you the bishop has entrusted, on the day of your priestly Ordination, the task to preside over the Eucharist. Always have at heart the exercise of this mission: celebrate the divine mysteries with intense interior participation, so that the men and women of our City can be sanctified, put into contact with God, absolute truth and eternal love."